Cigar-ash holder



Jan. 6. 1925. 1,522,108

T. DIG N EY CIGAR ASH HOLDER Filed July 30, 1921 INI 'E.\'TOR.

(py/Mw www n 'ii-Patented Jan. o, 1925.` y A Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THQMAS DIGNEY, F BRIDGEPORT, (l0NN'ECTIC'UT.v

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Application filed July 30, 1921. Serial No. 488,505.

To all whom t may camera.: Y

Be it known that THOMAS DIGNEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gigar- `Ash Holders, of which the following is a jectionable for ashes to-be dropped.

A further feature of the `invention is to provide a two-part receptacleof the aboveV class, each being made of a piece of wire gauze and one adapted to telescopically receive and support the other, so that the same may be readily adjusted for new cigars of different lengths or parts of burnt cigars. Also to provide a closed forward end portion which serves to lshield lthe lighted end o the cigar, preventing the wind from blowing directly against it and thereby avoiding the rapid burning of the same when he-aded against the wind.

Further to provide means whereby the retainer can be detachablyl connected to the cigar .holder and thus be readily removed for the removal of the` ashes or the insertion of a new cigar. l With these and `other objects in view the invention resides and consists in the constructionand novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully ldescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood thatL `A`various changes 'inthe form, proportion,

. sacrificing any of the advantages of the insize and minordetalsof'construction with-.-

in the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departure from the sp1r1t or ventio'n,

Similar characters of reference denote like `or,corresponding parts throughout the several igures-ofthe accompanying drawings forming upon which,

Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a cigar holder having my -improved ash retainer mounted thereon and positioned asin use;

a part of this specification, and

' Fig 2 shows acentral vertical longitudinal section of the holder, the retainermounted thereon and cigar mounted within the holder and retainer; and

Figs. 3 and 4: show modified forms. of construct-ion, the same including 'a substitute forthe cigar vholder including a suitable means for supporting the retainer.

4Referring in detail to the characters of reference marked upon the drawings, 6 represents a cigar'hold'er which for the most partis of the usual shapeand construction` including a body portion having a central longitudinal hole 7 therethrough a rib 8 around the smaller end, and a socket 9 in the opposite end to receive the small end of the cigar.

Thisparticular cigar holder is provided with a ferrule 1 0 upon the periphery of whichis formed a pin-like projection 1l that serves for the attachment of the ash retainer -to the holder.

The asn retainer proper comprisesA two cylindrical wire meshsections 12 and 13, the one adapted to slidably fit into the other` the member 12 being provided with an external annular rib 14: arid the outer section 13 having a vSimilarpinternal annular' rib.15,.

each serving as a b earin against which the adjoining section slida ly operates and the two ribs inturn serving to form a stop againstl which each other strike when the sections have been fully extended. The in'- ner end portion 16 .of thesmaller section 12 is preferably formed of solid metal and includes a bayonet-slot 17 which co-acts with the pin 11 before mentioned for the securement of the smaller section of the retainer to the'holder. The outer and larger section 13 of the retainer is likewise formed of wire gauze except. its forward end 18,

which as will be noted is made of solid sheet metal and serves to effectively close said end andform a shield for the lighted end .of the cigar whentraveling against theJ wind thereby insuring an` even burning of the cigar.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4 I have provided a sheet metal cylindrical form of holder 6 having longitudinal slots v19 therein to afford a more ready'a-ttachiml i bacco end of the cigar as preferred by a great many smokers. The sheet metal band 2l is slidab-ly mounted upon the member' 6 and serves to engage the end 16 of the seci tion 12 between the holder 6 and theF band 21 When the latter is shoved over the annular edge 16 as suggested by Fig. 4.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to prov-ide a perforated ash retainer for enclosing lighted cigars, but so far as I am aware those which have been previously designed are of different construction from that herein shown and does not possess the novel features herein explained and later to be more specifically set. up in the claims.

Having thus described my invention,- what I claim and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. A cigar ash retainer comprising a cylindrical protector adapted to surround a cigar longitudinally, a removable cap at the outer endv of said protector, a ring upon the inner end of said protector and at its outer side, and a tapered tube slidably engaged in said ring and at the inner sidel of the protector and adapted to engage over the end of a cigar disposed Within the tube With the mouth engaging end of the cigar projecting outwardly from said tapered tube.

2. The invention as in claim 1, further characterized by longitudinal slots in the `diverging end of said tapered tube adapted to render the same yieldable.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, this 28th day of July, A. D., 1921.

THOMAS DIGNEY..

Witnesses:

C. M NEWMAN, LILLIAN M. ALLING. 

